Blues at Rangers

BLUES (32-14-6) at RANGERS (33-15-5)

Blues projected lineup
Brandon Saad -- Ryan O'Reilly -- David Perron
Pavel Buchnevich -- Robert Thomas -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Ivan Barbashev -- Brayden Schenn -- Jordan Kyrou
Dakota Joshua -- Tyler Bozak - Oskar Sundqvist
Torey Krug -- Justin Faulk
Niko Mikkola -- Colton Parayko
Jake Walman -- Robert Bortuzzo
Ville Husso
Jordan Binnington
Scratched: Klim Kostin, Logan Brown
Injured: Marco Scandella (lower body), Scott Perunovich (upper body)
Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad --
Alexis Lafreniere
Artemi Panarin -- Ryan Strome -- Dryden Hunt
Greg McKegg -- Filip Chytil -- Julien Gauthier
Barclay Goodrow -- Kevin Rooney -- Ryan Reaves
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Patrik Nemeth -- Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: Morgan Barron, Libor Hajek, Jonny Brodzinski
Injured: Kaapo Kakko (upper body)
Status report
Sundqvist will return after missing a 4-0 win at the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday because of a lower-body injury. … Kostin, a forward, will be a healthy scratch after playing in 18 straight games. ... Chytil will reurn after missing three games, including the past two as a healthy scratch. He will replace Barron, a forward. ... Nemeth will play after sitting out the past three games; he'll replace Zac Jones, a defenseman who was assigned to Hartford of the American Hockey League on Tuesday.